Jamini Roy
Untitled (Horse)
Auction Closed
October 24, 04:35 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jamini Roy
1887 - 1972
Untitled (Horse)
Tempera on card
Signed in Bengali lower right
Bearing two Grosvenor Gallery labels on reverse of backboard
40.1 x 25.9 cm. (15 ¾ x 10 ⅛ in.)
Painted circa 1940
Acquired directly from the artist by Maurice Draper, Calcutta, 1940
Thence by descent
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, Modern British & 20th Century Art, 11 December 2019, lot 191
Private Collection, London
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Maurice Draper (1907-2002) lived in India during the 1930s and early 1940s. He was an artist and worked as an art teacher in Calcutta. During his time in India, he encountered Jamini Roy and his work. He later returned to the United Kingdom.
Thence by descent
Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, Modern British & 20th Century Art, 11 December 2019, lot 191
Private Collection, London
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Maurice Draper (1907-2002) lived in India during the 1930s and early 1940s. He was an artist and worked as an art teacher in Calcutta. During his time in India, he encountered Jamini Roy and his work. He later returned to the United Kingdom.
London, South Asian Art: 1820 - 2020, Grosvenor Gallery, 22-29 October 2020
South Asian Art: 1820 - 2020, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 2020, exhibition catalogue, illustration p. 33
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